Body composition and heart failure prevalence and prognosis: Getting to the fat of the matter in the "obesity paradox"

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 605-608

  Lavie, Carl J ^a   Milani, Richard V ^a   Ventura, Hector O ^a   Romero Corral, Abel ^b,c  

^a JOHN OCHSNER HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 77954246246     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2010.0333     Document Type: Editorial

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